Amy Louise Edwards
She had a beautiful soul since the day she was born. She lived her life to the fullest, never missed an opportunity to help someone in need.
National Donor Memorial virtual tour offers online visitors a 3D experience
The online National Donor Memorial experience allows virtual visitors to explore the memorial site at UNOS from anywhere in the world.
Changes coming to UNOS Service Portal emails beginning Dec. 18, 2019
In order to comply with privacy regulations and protect sensitive data, UNOS is modifying its Service Portal functionality beginning Dec. 18, 2019.
Pre-implementation notice: Removing DSA from thoracic allocation system
On Thursday, Jan. 9, several OPTN policy updates will be implemented to eliminate the use of DSAs from heart transplantation and replace them with a 250 nautical mile circle.
OPTN board adopts new policy to improve kidney, pancreas distribution
The new policy establishes new distribution areas based on the donor location and is projected to increase equity in transplant access for candidates regardless of where they live or list for a transplant.
A father’s voice
“As a recipient parent, I am comforted that UNOS is always improving its ability to match donors to recipients — as they did for my son.”
Public comment sought; Liver access for urgent candidates in Hawaii and Puerto Rico
The OPTN Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee seeks public comment beginning December 5, 2019, on a proposed variance to liver allocation policy.
TIEDI® APIs now available for living donor registration and living donor follow-up
With the new application programming interfaces, users no longer need to log into UNet, navigate to TIEDI and save or upload files manually.
CORE’s performance excellence honored with Baldrige Award
National quality award recognizes Pennsylvania organ procurement organization for innovation and performance excellence
Transforming policy into algorithms
UNOS CTO Alex Tulchinsky on taking policies and converting them into computer algorithms.